Category: California
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Kellogg, Hewston & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Kellogg, Hewston & Co, AssayersJohn Grover Kellogg was a private assayer that went through several stages of business and historic partnerships: Many of Kellogg & Humbert bars were discovered on the SS Central America shipwreck as a testament to the scope of their operation and trust the community had in their work. In fact, of all the ingots discovered…
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Huhn & Luckhardt, Assayer
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in CaliforniaRead more: Huhn & Luckhardt, Assayer25.4 oz Huhn & Luckhardt “Base Bar.” This unusual item was found with a metal detector in Waco, Texas on the site of an old building that was being torn down. We have never seen anything quite like it, and frankly, were challenged to find out just what it is.According to the Ninth Annual Report of…
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George E. Rogers, Assayer
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Read more: George E. Rogers, AssayerGeorge E. Rogers began his career in the assaying business as clerk to G.W. Bell of San Francisco. When Bell died in an accidental nitroglycerine explosion in 1866 Rogers joined with L.A. Sanderson and continued Bell’s assaying business under the name Sanderson & Co. Rogers ran the office, Sanderson was the money man, and Edward…
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J. Reed, Assayer
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Read more: J. Reed, AssayerAbsolutely nothing about this assayer was known to Mr. Ford and the cataloguer has little to add beyond the numismatic observations to follow.Assuming the date on the presumed unique Reed bar, 1876, is contemporary with its manufacture, and that the description of the bar’s contents as“California Placer Gold” is accurate, Reed may have been a…
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A. P. Molitor, Assayer
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Read more: A. P. Molitor, AssayerAGOSTHON P. MOLITORSTEPHEN F. MOLITORSan Francisco, California, San Diego, California, Deadwood, Dakota Territory Agosthon Molitor began his work as an assayer in California in 1851 in partnership with fellow Hungarians Samuel Wass and Charles Uznay in thefirm of Wass, Molitor and Company, one of the most important private coinage ventures in the west. He left…
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Maxon Mine
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Read more: Maxon Mine4.92 oz 1876 Silver Presentation Ingot. Amador City, California. Maxon Mine. .987 silver. $5.28. 55.4 mm x 17.9 mm x 13.7 mm. Choice Near Mint State.A beautifully accomplished anonymous presentation ingot from the Sierra Nevadas, less than 50 miles from the famed Sutter’s Mill. Top face is neatly engraved “Maxon / June 28th 1876” inside…
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Bradshaw Brothers, Assayers
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Read more: Bradshaw Brothers, AssayersAlthough uncertain origin, there is some reason to believe the Bradshaw brothers, Samuel C. and George H. Bradshaw may be associated with at least one surviving silver ingot from the 19th century. Their business was called the Pacific Metallurgical Works located at 511 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. They were a classic Civil War-era assay and…
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Riehn, Hemme & Co Assayers
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Read more: Riehn, Hemme & Co AssayersCharles F. Riehn and August Hemme opened an assaying business in late 1862 or early 1863. The company had an office in the heart of the San Francisco financial district at 432 Montgomery near the corner of Montgomery and California, directly across the street from the Wells, Fargo & Co.’s bank and express office. Prominent…
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Yuba Mine, California
Read more: Yuba Mine, California4.1 oz California. Yuba Mine, Nevada County. Silver. 1897 Measuring 20.9 mm x 50.6 mm x 12.5 mm. Unmarked for weight and fineness. 127.6 grams, 4.10 troy ounces. A very simple ingot, with the top face (bottom of the pour) finely smoothed and polished, then carefully engraved “Yuba” in cursive with a smaller 1897 in…